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Upcoming speakers at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health include:

April 15, 2009 - Health Promotion Sciences Seminar

Image of Dr. Mark Flinn on the island of Dominica.

Dr. Mark Flinn on the island of Dominica.

Please come to the following Health Promotion Sciences Seminar:

"Hormones and the Evolution of the Social Mind"


Mark V. Flinn, PhD
Professor
Departments of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Noon - 1 p.m.

Drachman Hall, Room A114


This seminar is open to the public as well as students, faculty and staff, and is part of the Scholar Seminar Series at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH).  More...

April 17, 2009 - Friday - Spring MPH Internship Conference

At the Spring Master's of Public Health (MPH) Internship Conference, MPH students will give presentations showcasing their research and outreach work.  The conference will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.  The keynote speaker is to be announced.  Contact the Office of Student Services and Alumni Affairs for more information.

April 23, 2009 - Annual Partners in Public Health Luncheon

Dean Iman Hakim and the Advisory Board of
The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health

invite you to the


2009 Annual Partners in Public Health Luncheon

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Featuring the Achievements of MEZCOPH Students

Keynote Speaker:

Image of keynote speaker.

Alan Pitt, MD
Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) • St. Joseph’s Hospital • Phoenix, Arizona

“Communities for a Cure... An Opportunity for Patient Collaboration...

An Eight-Year Experience with 50,000 Participants”

April 23, 2009 • Thursday • 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Registration and payment by April 15, 2009 is required.

Anyone interested in supporting public health is invited to attend!

More information...

Scholar Seminar Series


Scholar seminar series lectures held on the first and third Wednesday of the month at noon are open to the public.  For more information about the Scholar Seminar Series, please check the calendar or contact Maribel Tobar at matobar@u.arizona.edu.

AzCPHP Preparedness Series for Public Health Workers

The Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness (AzCPHP) is offering an ongoing series of free online courses, workshops, seminars, and educational materials to public health workers.  This series focuses on public health preparedness topics as part of a comprehensive national effort to strengthen the public health workforce’s capacity to respond to an "all-hazards" type of emergency. Events for the Spring, 2008, semester are listed below

AzCPHP Preparedness Series for Public Health Workers

Spring, 2008 Seminars, Workshops, and Speeches

Please see the AzCPHP Training Center home page

to register for these events.

Date
Topic and Speaker

Thursday, Feb. 12

Noon - 1 p.m.

"Wildfire Preparedness"

Will Humble 
Deputy Assistant Director for Public Health
Arizona Department of Health Service

Thursday, March 12

Noon - 1 p.m.

"A Federal Approach on Public Health Preparedness and Outcome Evaluation" 

Craig Thomas, PhD
Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation Branch Chief 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Thursday, March 26

Noon - 1 p.m.

"Preparedness Planning: How one can learn from planning, implementation and the evaluation process in preparedness" 

Lee Smith
Director of Emergency Preparedness 
Georgia Department of Health

Thursday, April 9

Noon - 1 p.m.

"Disaster Response" 

John Hankins 
Director of Nursing
Alabama Department of Public Health

Andy Mullins 
Director of Operations
Alabama Department of Public Health 
Center for Emergency Preparedness 

Thursday, April 23

Noon - 1 p.m.

"All-Events Emergency Preparedness for Families with Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs"

Dr. Mark Brown
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director of Pulmonary Center
University Physicians

Thursday, May 14

Noon - 1 p.m.

"A Comparative Study of Radiological Threat Environments and Radiation Control" 

Lisa McCormick
Program Director 
South Center Center for Public Health Preparedness 
School of Public Health 
University of Alabama at Birmingham

To register, please visit the AzCPHP training center web site at:

http://azcphp.publichealth.arizona.edu/Training_Center

This site provides access to register for courses offered through the AzCPHP training center.   Or contact Yvette Corral for more information.

Also, check our Upcoming Events page for information about upcoming conferences and other events that may have guest speakers scheduled.

Please send MEZCOPH additions to this page to mckibben@email.arizona.edu.